Jack Higgins

Jack Higgins lived in Belfast till the age of twelve.
Leaving school at fifteen, he spent three years with the
Royal Horse Guards, serving on the East German border
during the Cold War. His subsequent employment included
occupations as diverse as circus roustabout, truck driver,
clerk and, after taking an honours degree in sociology and
social psychology, teacher and university lecturer. The
Eagle Has Landed turned him into an international
bestselling author, and his novels have since sold over 250
million copies and have been translated into fifty-five
languages. Many have also been filmed, including The
Violent Enemy, which was banned for political reasons by
the Foreign Office; the great MGM classic The Wrath of God,
Rita Hayworth's last film; The Eagle Has Landed; A Prayer
for the Dying, starring Bob Hoskins and Mickey Rourke, one
of the most controversial films of the eighties; and
Thunder Point, filmed in the Caribbean in 1996. In
addition, Confessional, Night of the Fox, Eye of the Storm
and On Dangerous Ground have been filmed for television,
and Touch the Devil and Luciano's Luck are at present in
production. Most of his books are published or forthcoming
in Signet or Penguin, and include Drink with the Devil, The
President's Daughter and Flight of Eagles.

In 1995 Jack Higgins was awarded an honorary doctorate by
Leeds Metropolitan University. He is a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Arts and an expert scuba diver and marksman. He
lives on Jersey in the Channel Islands.